Theory
Zero Conditional is used to describe .....
1)
2)
Write an example
1) something that is generally true
2) scientific facts
If I am the Prime Minister, I would ban junk food.
If I were the Prime Minister, I would ban junk food.
If John doesn't feel any better tomorrow, he _______ (have to) go to the doctor's.
If John doesn't feel any better tomorrow, he has to go to the doctor's.
If you multiply two by five, the answer ________ (be) ten.
Which type of conditional is it?
If you multiply two by five, the answer is ten.
Zero conditional
If you don't want to lose weight, don't go on a diet.
Use UNLESS
Don't go on a diet unless you want to lose weight.
First Conditional is used to describe...
Make an example
a possible situation in the present or future and its consequences
We'll go to the concert if the tickets weren't too expensive.
We would go to the concert if the tickets weren't too expensive.
Leo ______________(look) better if he didn't wear that old hat.
Leo would look better if he didn't wear that old hat.
If you find it, _________ you ________(tell) me?
Which type of conditional is it?
If you find it, will you tell me?
First conditional
I'm not you but I think you should go.
Use WOULD
I would go if I were you.
Second conditional is used to describe .....
Write an example
an improbable situation in the present or future and its consequence
Take your umbrella in case it will rain.
Take your umbrella in case it rains.
People ______ (have) better career choices if they go to universities.
People have better career choices if they go to universities.
I would've prepared something special for dinner if I _________(know) you were coming.
Which type of conditional is it?
I would've prepared something special for dinner if I had known you were coming.
Third conditional
It's obvious that it won't work unless you switch it on.
Use IF
It's obvious that if you don't switch it on, it won't work.
Third conditional is used....
Make an example
an imaginary situation in the past
If Stephen were shorter, he won't be such a good basketball player.
If Stephen were shorter, he wouldn't be such a good basketball player.
If Anie had won another race this season, she ______ (become) the champion.
If Anie had won another race this season, she would have become the champion.
I _______ (get) some food if I had any money.
Which type of conditional is it?
I would get some food if I had any money.
second conditional
She won the race beacuse she worked hard.
Use IF + 3rd conditional
If she hadn't trained hard, she wouldn't have won the race.
I wish/If only are used to talk about
an imaginary wishfor a present or past situation
I would have played better if I practised more.
I would have played better if I had practised more.
Kelly would have enjoyed the picnic more if the weather ________ (be) better.
Kelly would have enjoyed the picnic more if the weather had been better.
If she had told me your number, I ________ (call) you last night.
Which type of conditional is it?
If she had told me your number, I would have called you last night.
Third conditional
She didn't go for a run because her knee hurt.
Use IF + 3rd Conditional
She would have gone for a run if her knee hadn't hurt.